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Vadim Bukhkalov: «I had never seen so much fervent boxing fans as I saw in Chechnya»

by Dmitriy Mikhalchuk

On August 15th on initiative of President of the Chechen Republic, Hero of Russia Ramzan Kadyrov a big boxing tournament was held in Grozny. In the main event of the fight card billed «The Champ Comes Home» Zaurbek Baysangurov (22-1, 16 KOs) of «K2 East Promotions» promotional company defeated Eromosele Albert (22-3-1, 10 KOs) from Nigeria by unanimous decision and retained WBA Inter-Continental light middleweight belt.

There were also other interesting bouts with high-class boxers taking part. Among them one could mark out fights of Salambek Baysangurov (3-0-0, 2 КОs) and that of undefeated Russian prospect Alexander Ustinov (17-0-0, 14 КОs). The fight card was the first major boxing event of such level in the history of the Chechen Republic.

Regional public fund named after Hero of Russia Ahmat Kadyrov was the sponsor of that boxing fest. All-Russian TV channel «RTR-Sport» and local TV channel «Grozny» were media partners of the tournament.

We offer your attention interview with leading Ukrainian promoter Vadim Bukhkalov who is business partner of Klitschko brothers and founder of «K2 East Promotions».....


- We all saw that Wladimir Klitschko, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion attended the tournament in Grozny. There were rumors in mass-media before the event that he might not find the time to attend… How was he met by Chechen boxing fans?

- We are business partners with Klitschko brothers in «K2 East Promotions» and Zaur Baysangurov is one of the strongest and most promising fighters. Of course, Wladimir is very much interested in his career. It was not so easy for Wladimir to find the time for his visit to Grozny but, by no means, could he miss the fight and he came. When he appeared in Grozny it was quite a sensation – he is immensely popular among boxing fans in Chechnya and they greeted Ukrainian champion with storm of applause.......

http://www.k2east.com/en/interviews/5716/2009-08-20/Vadim-Bukhkalov-I-had-never-seen-so-much-fervent-boxing-fans-as-I-saw-in-Chechnya

As it was previously announced by Fightnews, WBO #7 and IBF #15 junior welterweight Sergey “Professor” Fedchenko will headline a huge K2 East card, which is penciled to take place the next Thursday at Meteor palace of sports in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. Tonight a specifically arranged presser has taken its place in the host for the future battles, informing media about the whole card.
Fedchenko, 28, a sound technician with a sneaky but hard right hand will put his IBF Intercontinental _title_ at stake for the third time against South African Kaizer Mabuza (21-6-3, 13 KOs)......

http://www.fightnews.com/?p=22286

Klitschko brothers received high awards from WBO


The World Boxing Organization 22nd Annual Congress was held on August 24-28th at the Sofitel Hotel in Budapest, Hungary. Both Klitschko brothers were presented with the award «The Best Heavyweight Boxers in Europe who Conquered America» and their promotional company «K2 Promotions» received the award for the record number of spectators (60,000) who attended a bout between Wladimir Klitschko and Ruslan Chagaev in Gelsenkirchen on June 20th.

Alexander Krasyuk, General Manager of «K2 East Promotions» represented brothers Klitschko on behalf of them and their company in Budapest and received the awards. Mr. Krasyuk made a report at the meeting of ranking commission speaking about achievements of young Ukrainian boxers. Mr. Krasyuk also held talks with WBO representatives on further development of WBO activities in Eastern Europe in close and fruitful collaboration with «K2 East Promotions»....

http://www.k2east.com/en/news/5789/2009-09-03/Klitschko-brothers-received-high-awards-from-WBO

Yet another South African fighter has caused a major upset abroad after Kaizer Mabuza defied the odds defeating previously unbeaten Sergey Fedchenko to capture the IBF Intercontinental junior welterweight crown in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, on Friday morning.
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http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=21&art_id=nw20090918111146454C711555

http://www.k2east.com/en/news/5865/2009-09-17/Fedchenko-loses-belt-in-a-surprising-upset-Rusal-victorious-in-a-comeback

Video zum Kampf:

http://www.k2east.com/en/video/5878/2009-09-20/Fight-video-Sergey-Fedchenko-vs-Kaizer-Mabuza

WBA Inter-Continental light heavyweight champion Vyacheslav Uzelkov (21-0, 13 KOs) will fight on October 21th in the Kiev Sports Palace Arena. The next defense of his _title_ will be the main event of a card promoted by the Klitschko brothers’ K2 East Promotions. Also in the ring that night will be middleweight prospect Maksim Bursak (18-0, 7 KOs). Opponents for Uzelkov and Bursak will be announced soon.....

http://www.fightnews.com/?p=25301